Putin’s nuclear bluff
•How the West Can Make Sure Russia’s Threats Stay Hollow By Olga Oliker Few if any wars have been launched with…
The Mystique of the Female Soldier: Portrayals of Ukrainian Women in Western Media
By Sarah Keisler The conflict in Ukraine is one of the largest Europe has seen since World War II. While…
America returns to containment to deal with Russia and China
•Strategists are relearning the lessons of the cold war THE AIRSTRIKES that pummelled the Ukrainian military base near the town…
Is the West laissez-faire about economic warfare?
By Esfandyar Batmanghalidj In his 1919 work Economic Consequences of the Peace, John Maynard Keynes warns that “the menace of inflationism…
Children on the battlefield: ISWAP’s latest recruits
•Schools have always been a primary Boko Haram target; now both its factions are using boys in combat. By Malike Samuel…
How Black America fell out of love with Africa
•Contemporary Afro-pessimist intellectuals see no shared identity that can serve as the basis for solidarity between Africans and African Americans.…
From Hiroshima to Ukraine: The return of the nuclear threat
By Andreas Noll Nuclear arms were a symbol of the Cold War. The recent Russian threats in the war with…
Professional military education institutions in Africa
By the Africa Center for Strategic Studies Professional military education institutions aim to foster capable and apolitical militaries to uphold…
Russia-Ukraine War: America’s hesitation is heartbreaking
•As the leader of NATO and of the free world, the United States needs to think much bigger than it…
China sees at least one winner emerging from Ukraine war: China
•The country’s leaders think it can shield itself from economic and diplomatic fallout and eventually be seen as a pillar…